FROM SOCIAL MEDIA: MetroWest residents vote on Election Day 2018

Trevor Ballantyne / Boston University Statehouse Program

Tuesday

Nov 6, 2018 at 7:10 PMNov 6, 2018 at 10:32 PM

Voters in MetroWest hit the polls today to vote in local and state elections. Voting stations closed at 8 p.m. after an election that Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin predicted would see over 2.4 million voters cast their ballot in the state.

Lots of parents bringing their kids with them to vote today in#Natick. Still a couple hours left to#Vote2018.#MidtermElections2018#Midterms2018#ElectionDay PHOTOS:https://t.co/K8mRkL4mtjpic.twitter.com/6xuQJxMHRH

&mdash; Ken McGagh (@kmcgaghMWphoto)November 6, 2018

The young and the old:

Marcia Hearst of#Framingham is 94 and voted today - here&#39;s a pic sent in by her daughter Ellen.#mapolipic.twitter.com/c9iYuWnbjk

&mdash; MetroWest Daily News (@metrowestdaily)November 4, 2014

Some said they waited in line. Perhaps a rare experience for Massachusetts voters in state and local elections:

Fellow Patriots,Today I waited in line to vote in Framingham, MA. The last time I waited to vote was in 2008. There were lines of voters waiting outside the door, when the poll workers arrived this morning.Salute to the patriots voting today.

&mdash; Tanaidhen (@tanaidhen)November 6, 2018

Transportation was on the mind on election day:

Nothing like watching the#HeartToHub go by the Framingham station on Election Day.pic.twitter.com/WsneqKitMV

&mdash; Christopher Ryan (@cryanweb)November 6, 2018

Arrive at Natick Center stop: 7:20am. Arrive South Station: 8:50am. The#MBTA system is broken.@MassGovernor is not going to fix it. It’s time to get him out of here. Vote@jay4ma tomorrow!#ElectionDay2018#magov#MaPoli#Midterms

&mdash; Chris O&#39;Brien (@ChrisObrienMA)November 5, 2018

And so was the rain. But that is no reason to skip out on voting, according to WCVB meteorologist, and Framingham's own, Cindy Fitzgibbon.

A little rain shouldn’t stop you from voting today! Voter #725 in my precinct. Steady flow of people coming in#wcvb#ElectionDaypic.twitter.com/stdSvxB9am

&mdash; Cindy Fitzgibbon (@Met_CindyFitz)November 6, 2018

At least, Fitzgibbon's colleague took her advice:

Was right in front of@Met_CindyFitz to vote today in our precinct! Timed that perfectly. #ivoted#electionday#wcvbpic.twitter.com/UC5FCYyffl

&mdash; Katie Thompson (@KThompson_WCVB)November 6, 2018

And when it is all said and done, of course you take a selfie.

They’re giving away free stickers all over town this morning just for filling out some circles#vote @ South Natick, Massachusettshttps://t.co/Y6Lya5n3Y7

&mdash; Ryan Black (@RyanBlack777)November 6, 2018

Baloo helped me vote and got a sticker! Thought lines were going to be massive - walked right in to my precinct in Natick. Don’t care which way you vote just CARE to vote. My veteran Dad saw ugly action in WW II so we’d keep going to polls to vote - that’s why I vote.#Vote2018pic.twitter.com/7ZknUKFWqK

&mdash; David T. Young (@DTY333)November 6, 2018

Even a "grouchy" election station volunteer in Marlborough can't spoil the sticker fun.

GROUCHY LADY DID NOT WANT TO GIVE US A &quot;I Voted Sticker&quot; at my Voting Station in Marlborough, Massachusetts 01752. The adventures of Voting.#ivotedtoday#makingadifference#grouchylady#adventuresofvoting#P8NTRMANpic.twitter.com/NXDSshEA1a